Trooper-involved collision sends 1 to hospital

At least one person was taken to the hospital Tuesday after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper and a driver of a Nissan Sentra collided on Southern Boulevard, a spokesman for Palm Beach County fire rescue said.

There was no immediate word on what caused the collision.

The Sentra's airbags did deploy and the sedan had considerable front-end damage. The trooper's cruiser sustained damage to the passenger side.

Eastbound traffic on Southern Boulevard, at the on-ramp for Florida's Turnpike, was slowed as the vehicles were towed from the roadway. Traffic was prohibited from entering the turnpike in the northbound direction.